Filomena "Minnie" Girocco Tardani

Birth date: Apr 13, 1902 Death date: Jan 4, 2009

Mrs. Filomena “Minnie” (Girocco) Tardani, age 106, passed away Sunday, January 4, 2009 in Muskegon. She was born April 13, 1902 in Bessemer, MI, to Rocco and Mary (Andreano) Girocco and lived in the Muskegon area most of her life. Read Obituary

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Anonymous

878w ago

Dear Bill, Sorry this message is so late, but I have was snowed in visiting my daughter in Jackson Hole, WY. I am so sorry for your loss. One of the best family reunion days we ever had was some years ago in Muskegon, when your mother came to see us all and recount the early days of the Italians on Jackson Hill. She was always a gracious lady, but she had a great sense of humor, as well. I was surprised to see that she was the last of the charter members of the original Our Lady of Grace parish, although I remember my grandmother Josie DeMuro saying to me when Father Flynn got too high-handed a few times, "He forgets that my husband was one of the people who built that church!" and your mother was, of course, of that generation. The last time I saw you was right after my aunt Dolores Pranger died. Sorry to comunicate with you only at such sad times.
Diane DeMuro Rees##imported-begin##Diane DeMuro Rees##imported-end##

Anonymous

878w ago

Bill, Although we didn't get to see Aunt Minnie in later years, we do have many great memories of her, you, and the Tardani family. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all. Bob still remembers his young years of living in Muskegon -- Easter Hill and time spent with all of his Aunts. Uncles and Cousins. Aunt Minnie was #1 and the true matriarch of the family.
With Love,
Bob and Ivy##imported-begin##Bob and Ivy Girocco##imported-end##

Anonymous

878w ago

Minnie, I will miss holding youry hand and talking with you everyday. You brighten my life. Julie Sauter, social worker at Brookhaven Medical Care Facility##imported-begin##Julie Sauter##imported-end##

Anonymous

878w ago

Dear Bill, Sorry for your loss. Keep in your mind all the good memories.##imported-begin##Leslie (Letty Pranger) Reddam##imported-end##

Anonymous

878w ago

Bill: I remember your mother well. She was a gentle, kind lady and will be missed by all who knew her~~~and you!
(Jo from Dr Dan Mixer's office)##imported-begin##Jo Privasky##imported-end##

Anonymous

878w ago

Bill,

I am so sorry to hear of your loss, please know that I send my prayers to you.

Randy Martens##imported-begin##Randy Martens##imported-end##

Anonymous

878w ago

Dear Bill,
Thinking of you and of Minnie, my mother's close friend, remembering growing up in the early 1940s that Minnie could drive a car! -- a blue Plymouth, is that right? -- and that the two of them would often go to movies, to the State Theater or the Regent or the Ritz to see a double feature. I remember, too, that you and Minnie kept the night-long wake at our house on Leonard Street after my mother's death on Christmas morning 1948. That is what best friends do, they stand by, and I do that for you now even though from afar.
Joe##imported-begin##Giuseppe Di Muro##imported-end##

Anonymous

878w ago

Dear Bill and family,
Please accept our deepest condolences on the passing of Aunt Minnie.
We know as the matriarch of your family for so long she will truly be missed.
We will keep you all in our prayers ,
Lovingly, Larry and Michele (Girocco)Jacobs Romanelli##imported-begin##Larry and Michele Romanelli##imported-end##

Anonymous

878w ago

Dear Billy,

So sorry for the loss of your mother. She was a beautiful and remarkable woman.
You may not remember me, but you probably remember my mother, Bettye and my father, Robert Guydon DeMuro, who died in his thirties. I am the second daughter of Bobby and Bettye DeMuro. My mother passed away in 2007 at 88 years of age. My older sister Diane will turn 70 this week, and I am 67 now. We have 2 younger brothers in their 60's, Alan and David.
Minnie was an inspiration to us all because of her youthful appearance and mental agility in her nineties, when we last saw her.
She will not be forgotten. Our sympathy to you and the rest of your family.

Sincerely, Roberta Nielsen##imported-begin##Roberta DeMuro Nielsen##imported-end##

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